Quick Summary
About Locaweb
We are Locaweb! Our purpose is to help entrepreneurs throughout Brazil prosper. Passion has moved us since the beginning. We have become a reference in the internet industry because we are motivated by what we do: developing.
Our human wealth, with about a thousand employees, enhances our portfolio of internet services. We exist to facilitate the development of small and medium entrepreneurs seeking success through these services.
About the Opportunity
At Locaweb, we are looking for a Senior PHP Developer to work on the development and support of applications used by our end customers, focusing on continuous product evolution, technical quality, and business value delivery.
We seek a profile with solid experience in PHP, product vision, autonomy, technical refinement capacity, and collaborative action in an agile environment. This person will be important in implementing new features and maintaining/improving existing systems, contributing to engineering best practices, software quality, and team efficiency.
What we expect from this person
- Autonomy to conduct deliveries with responsibility and predictability
- Ability to technically deepen demands before implementation
- Critical eye for quality, performance, security, and user experience
- Maturity to balance delivery speed with technical sustainability
- Good communication to interact with different areas and contribute to technical decisions
- Collaborative, proactive, and problem-solving oriented posture
Expected Stack
- Backend: PHP
- Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar
- Testing: TDD, RSpec, Capybara, Minitest, or equivalents
- Versioning: Git
- Integrations: REST APIs, third-party services
- Development Practices: CI/CD, code review, observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting
In practice, you will
- Refine stories and demands with the team
- Implement new features in applications already used by end customers
- Evolve existing systems focusing on quality and stability
- Write and maintain automated tests
- Review code and contribute to best practices within the team
- Support technical decisions and continuous improvements in the product and architecture
Responsibilities and Assignments
How your daily routine will be:
Responsibilities
- Work on the development and maintenance of web applications used by Locaweb's end customers
- Understand business demands and transform them into viable, scalable, and sustainable technical solutions
- Actively participate in agile ceremonies, technical refinements, planning, and architecture discussions
- Develop end-to-end features, working on both the backend and frontend of applications
- Ensure delivery quality through automated tests, code reviews, and engineering best practices
- Investigate and correct bugs, failures, and performance issues in production
- Contribute to the evolution of application architecture, considering maintainability, security, and scalability
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams such as Product, Design, QA, and other technical areas
- Technically support the team, sharing knowledge and raising the quality level of deliveries
- Act with autonomy in conducting demands, prioritizing deliveries with responsibility and good self-management
Requirements and Qualifications
To succeed, you will need:
- Solid experience in application development with PHP;
- Experience as a fullstack developer, with the ability to work on backend and frontend;
- Good knowledge of building and consuming REST APIs;
- Experience in Architectural Solution Design;
- Experience with relational databases, modeling, and query optimization;
- Experience with AI tools;
- Experience with automated tests, including unit, integration, and/or end-to-end tests;
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices, such as SOLID, clean code, code review, and refactoring;
- Experience with Git and collaborative development workflow;
- Experience in agile environments, participating in refinements, plannings, dailies, and retrospectives;
- Ability to understand business demands and detail them technically with clarity;
- Self-managed profile with a sense of ownership, professional maturity, and good communication.
Nice to have:
- Experience with high-volume applications or SaaS products;
- Experience with Roundcube;
- Knowledge of Sidekiq, Redis, and asynchronous processing;
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and system integrations;
- Experience with cloud and deploy pipelines;
- Knowledge of metrics, monitoring, and performance analysis;
- Previous experience in product-oriented teams and customer experience;
- Experience supporting technically less experienced developers.
Additional Information
What benefits does Locaweb offer?
- Medical Assistance;
- Dental Assistance;
- Transportation Voucher or Free Parking;
- Free van service from João Dias terminal to Locaweb;
- Meal/Food Voucher;
- Childcare Assistance;
- Life Insurance;
- Gympass;
- Férias & Co;
- Unlimited coffee machines;
- In-company massage and workplace gymnastics;
- Relax Room with TV, pool table, card games, table tennis, video games, and bean bags;
- Day off;
- Annual PPR;
- Quality of Life and Well-being Program;
- Partnerships with educational and leisure institutions;
Where we are:
Rua Itapaiúna, 2434 - Parque do Morumbi, São Paulo - SP | 05707-001
Important to note:
This and all open positions at LWSA are eligible for all people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, accessibility, and/or social condition. We emphasize that our positions are open to all people with disabilities (PwDs).
Did you know that LWSA is an ecosystem of digital solutions formed by several companies? Yes, and all of them share a single goal: to transform businesses to grow and prosper through technology.
Our team is recognized for passion, creativity, persistence, and collaboration. And just like the people who build their careers here, each of our brands has its own way of being, yet they are similar in the desire to evolve and always deliver the best.
LWSA has a place that might be just right for you! Here, you can build your career in an environment of autonomy, respect, and diversity, in a company that seeks to develop its professionals to continue innovating and creating the solutions of the future.

